[v] continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents"

\En*dure"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Endured}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Enduring}.] [F. endurer; pref. en- (L. in) + durer to
last. See {Dure}, v. i., and cf. {Indurate}.]
1. To continue in the same state without perishing; to last;
to remain.
Their verdure still endure. --Shak.
He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not
endure. --Job viii.
15.
2. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer
patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity;
to hold out.
Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong
in the days that I shall deal with thee? --Ezek.
xxii. 14.

\En*dure"\, v. t.
1. To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support
without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain
degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and
weather.
Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure, As
might the strokes of two such arms endure. --Dryden.
2. To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or
without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear
up under; to put up with; to tolerate.
I will no longer endure it. --Shak.
Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake.
--2 Tim. ii.
10.
How can I endure to see the evil that shall come
unto my people? --Esther viii.
6.
3. To harden; to toughen; to make hardy. [Obs.]
Manly limbs endured with little ease. --Spenser.
Syn: To last; remain; continue; abide; brook; submit to;
suffer.